Piastów

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Piastów
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Piastów
Coordinates: 52°11′N 20°51′E / 52.183, 20.85
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Pruszków
Gmina	Piastów (urban gmina)
Established	16th century as Żdżary
Town rights	1952
Government
- Mayor	Zdzisław Stanisław Brzeziński
Area
- City	5.83 km² (2.3 sq mi)
- Urban	5.76 km² (2.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	23,273
- Density	3,991.9/km² (10,339.1/sq mi)
- Urban	23,331
- Urban Density	4,050.5/km² (10,490.7/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	05-820
Area code(s)	+48 022
Car plates	WPR
Website: http://piastow.pl/

Piastów [ˈpjastuf] (early as Żdżary and Utrata) is a town in central Poland, near Warsaw, with 23,331 inhabitants (2006 est). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999); previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodship (1975-1998). With 4,050.5 persons/km², it is the second most densely populated city in Poland (after Świętochłowice).

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